If I heard this song in 40 years time,
Would I cry tears of joy or tears of regret?
Cos' oh you know time flies,
I heard a father telling his son,
He said it felt like only yesterday he was young,
I began,
To wonder if,
If I heard this song in 40 years,
Would I look back laugh at all my fears,
Would I remember my first kiss?
Friends I've lost,
Would I reminisce?
If I heard this song would I be blue,
Wishing that I could be 22 again,
A memory of the better years,
Souvenir,
If I heard this song in 40 years time,
Would I try to recall the words or would they come back to me naturally?
And would I be a father telling my son,
It feels like only yesterday that I sung at the top of my lungs to Bowie,
Yeah I was so young,
If I heard this song in 40 years,
Would I look back laugh at all my fears,
Would I remember my first kiss?
Friends I've lost,
Would reminisce?
If I heard this song would I be blue,
Wishing that I could be 22 again,
A memory of the better years,
Souvenir,
And would you sing along?
Like ooh woah ooh,
Holding on or letting go,
I wanna know,
Would I be on my way across the sky in a plane or driving a VW down familiar lane?
While everybody else is driving futuristic machines and telling me that I'm stuck in 2017,
Maybe I'd be a father,
Yeah, would I have a son?
Or maybe I would have a daughter? And would she be a mom?
And would she teach her children every single word in this song?
And show em' pictures of their Grandad when he was a young man,
Who's to say I'll still be here in 40 years,
Well I've got my fingers crossed and just in case I make it,
Here's a reminder that when I was 22,
I wrote a tune so all the memories would never disappear,
Like a souvenir,
If I heard this song in 40 years,
Would I look back laugh at all my fears,
Would I remember my first kiss?
Friends I've lost,
Would I reminisce?
If I heard this song would I be blue,
Wishing that I could be 22 again,
A memory of the better years,
Souvenir,
Oh Souvenir .